<p>Haha, if anyone is seriously dumb enough to not see how hard you’re trying to ■■■■■ the UCLA board and they decide not to go to UCLA because of it, then you’re just helping weed out the bad apples.</p>
<p>So thank you bayboy, you’re providing an invaluable service to UCLA. :)</p>
<p>@theragecage. I like how u think the US news rankings determines whether a school is better than another merely based on stupid acceptance rate. USC alumni are way more successful than any bruin so u can stuff it.
btw usc has barely suffered at all from this economy crap.</p>
<p>[citation needed]</p>
<p>USC is, like any top-tier educational institution should be, immune to the economy.</p>
<p>Obviously.</p>
<p>PilotDylanGT3, just to let you know acceptance rates only make up 15 percent of us news rankings</p>
<p>I want to thank the 7,000+ viewers of the thread. I’m glad all of you are interested in gaining a collective view of UCLA, both of the positive and negative.</p>
<p>wow BayBoi10 you seem really insecure…
nice job pulling the “UCSD” card to seem impartial but touting Berkeley in the same breath. Stop being bitter
Your intentions are really OBVIOUS in your posts.
And yes we understand that the budget cuts are AFFECTING EVERY UC and UCLA is NOT in its own little bubble. Stop being a bitter ■■■■■ and trying to tear down UCLA because you feel threatened by its prestige.
Cal is really great too.
We appreciate your holistic “collective” view of UCLA that you’ve painted for us…
NOOOOOOOTTTTTTTTTTT</p>
<p>and why are you so obsessed with UCLA threads?</p>
<p>You seem to have commented on every UCLA thread. obsessed much? LOLLLL</p>
<p>also, the endowments for UCLA and UCBerkeley are the SAME. endowments = state funding dollars +private donation money = overall monetary value worth of the UC.</p>
<p>they both have the same endowment, look it up Bayboi. so makes you think they will save Berkeley first before UCLA? Maybe when a fire comes carooning by and envelops Berkeley and LA at the same time</p>
<p>THEN the UC board of regents will send firefighters to Berkeley first.</p>
<p>hah good one bayboi</p>
<p>Why does it matter if I post on UCLA threads so much? Perhaps I post on UCLA threads because they are full of boosters of a failing university. If you don’t like what I have to say, there is a block and an ignore button on CC settings. Use it. </p>
<p>Call me a ■■■■■, I really don’t care. People still know what I say is true.</p>
<p>Also, I believe I never said anything about endowments. But, since you mentioned it, when it comes to state funding, Berkeley has and always will get the most the money from the state. UCLA is very good at private fund raising. A large reason to why this is is because of their medical school, which I consistently praise in my postings. Regardless, Berkeley’s entire endowment is still larger, even if it’s marginally larger. However, it is my personal opinion when it comes to public schools it pointless to compare endowments. And I’ll be the first to admit it, that Berkeley’s endowment pails in comparison to other elite public schools, such as Texas and Michigan.</p>
<p>As a high school student that views these threads as great sources of information and help, I find that your posts not only derails UCLA but all the other UC’s as well. How can you target UCLA but at the same time lament about how all the UC’s are affected inthe same way? Do you not see the irony in this?</p>
<p>First off, noone is insinuating that UCLA doesn’t suffer from budget cut and is its own “happy glory bubble” separated from the rest of the world who are undoubtedly more affected by California’s insolvency. I don’t think I’ve read one thread in this forum that implies so. All I have read about, are good cafeteria food, what chem prof. to take/not take, how to get in, info about various colleges etcetc… You seem on the offensive for no particular reason. </p>
<p>I’m sorry, but degrading UCLA will only hurt Berkeley and all other UC’s as well as this IS the “UC system”. It is unfair to just single out one school esp. since no1 is asserting that UCLA is in your own words “full of boosters”. As a reader of these threads, UCLA students come off as proud of their school and very optimistic about its future (as proud and spirited students should be about the college they’re attending) but by no means does it mean that the students are unaware of the severe impact of budget cuts to their school …as evidenced by the concerns of OP of this thread.</p>
<p>If other elite public schools such as Texas or Michigan are so great, why didn’t you attend those schools? You seem to really praise them above other UC’s.
As a freshman trying to decide where to go, students like you only make your college look bad, even though I know most Cal students are probably not as bitter and cynical and wrongly “informed” as you, but I guess you are entitled to whatever opinions you want to hold.
Maybe if you made more sincere assertions (or at least attempted to make them look sincere) then you wouldn’t receive so much backlash…</p>
<p>Keep them coming.</p>
<p>BayBoi10 has been ignored. For anyone else that wants to come to this forum for intelligent/useful discussion, I suggest you do the same. No good reason to be feeding the ■■■■■■.</p>
<p>I think UCLA will survive through this mess and thrive as will the other UC schools. UCLA is getting harder and harder to get into. I luckily got accepted by UCLA and plan to attend UCLA. The Cal and UCLA argument is pointless as both are considered flagship campuses of the UC system and UC Davis is also in the process of potentially becoming a flagship campus as well. Oh BTW I did get rejected by Berkeley, however I am not bitter as both campus’s look for different qualities in their potential students, as my friend was rejected by UCLA and accepted by Berkeley. There is not much we can do about this situation (Funding of the UC system) but to hope for the best. </p>
<p>PS: Recently, getting into any university is very difficult these days, even CalStates. I have many friends who have above 3.5 GPAs that have been rejected by Calstate Universities, along with some friends with above 4.0 GPAs and near perfect SAT scores get rejected by even UC Irvine</p>
<p>[The</a> Daily Bruin | Westwood theatres seek to renew decades-long lease](<a href=“http://www.dailybruin.com/video/play/westwood-theatres-seek-to-renew-decades-long-lease/]The”>http://www.dailybruin.com/video/play/westwood-theatres-seek-to-renew-decades-long-lease/)</p>
<p>[The</a> Daily Bruin | Students protest hate crimes and lack of diversity on UC campuses](<a href=“http://www.dailybruin.com/video/play/students-protest-hate-crimes-and-lack-of-diversity/]The”>http://www.dailybruin.com/video/play/students-protest-hate-crimes-and-lack-of-diversity/)</p>
<p>[The</a> Daily Bruin | Campus workers protest budget cuts](<a href=“The - Daily Bruin”>http://www.dailybruin.com/video/play/campus-workers-protest-budget-cuts/)</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.dailybruin.com/video/play/students-protest-outside-chancellors-office/[/url]”>http://www.dailybruin.com/video/play/students-protest-outside-chancellors-office/</a></p>
<p><a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyE8g8c_YDA[/url]”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyE8g8c_YDA</a></p>
<p>This one makes me sick. I can’t believe they are promoting backdoor admissions to international students.
This is truly UCs downfall.
<a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-874zhjUAjw[/url]”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-874zhjUAjw</a></p>
<p>[In</a> California, a Day of Protests Over Education Budget Cuts - NYTimes.com](<a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/05/education/05protests.html]In”>http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/05/education/05protests.html)</p>
<p>Look! I can cherry pick bad articles about Berkeley, too!</p>
<p>Really, UCLAri, really?</p>
<p>BayBoi10,</p>
<p>I’m just showing that it’s very easy to find a bad article about any university. You seem intent on painting a nasty picture about another school, so I figure why not show how easy it is to do that?</p>
<p>I mean, if I wanted to, I could paint UCSD as racist:</p>
<p>[University</a> of California officials condemn racist acts on campus - 3/24/10 - San Francisco News - abc7news.com](<a href=“http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/education&id=7349355]University”>http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/education&id=7349355)</p>
<p>Cornell as depressing:</p>
<p>[Two</a> suspected suicides confirmed at Cornell; total now at six](<a href=“http://www.postchronicle.com/news/breakingnews/article_212292303.shtml]Two”>http://www.postchronicle.com/news/breakingnews/article_212292303.shtml)</p>
<p>And USC as dangerous:</p>
<p>[2</a> students robbed in USC classrooms - Los Angeles Times](<a href=“http://articles.latimes.com/2008/mar/19/local/me-robberies19]2”>2 students robbed in USC classrooms)</p>
<p>None of these things is necessarily true, either. But you can find enough articles in the papers to argue anything.</p>
<p>Do you not agree that those are still relevant and important information that the prospective students and parents should know about the university. Those articles were on actually real world events that happened at those universities. What will separtate great universities from the weaker ones is how those universities deal ans solve their misfortunes.</p>
<p>UCSD is resolving by adopting an even more holistic approach by allowing more minorities to gain admission to UCSD. In addition, Yudof is establishing a scholarship for those minority students. Further, Yudof is allocating more funds to ethic student groups. </p>
<p>I’m not too familiar with Cornell affairs, but I sincerely hope they solve this issue. </p>
<p>USC installed more security measures by hiring more security guards, USC ID card access to buildings that are open 24 hours. </p>
<p>What is UCLA doing about their misfortunes?</p>
<p>It’s one thing to present this kind of information, it’s another entirely to have the majority of your recent posts be nothing but arguments that UCLA is on the way to some sort of demise. You seem to mistake saying, “UCLA is in for a tough few years” with “The sky is falling.” And, on top of that, you’ve been combative and rude.</p>
<p>And yes, Yudof is doing a lot of things about the situation. But Yudof is the UC President, not UCSD’s. What is Fox doing about it? In my two years at UCSD as a grad student, I found UCSD far more concerned with maintaining its research output than its diversity outreach programs-- and why not? Research gets grants, and money is the name of the game in academia.</p>
<p>It’s interesting to me that you haven’t even bothered looking at what UCLA is doing to respond to the crisis.</p>
<p>[Temporary</a> funding preserves academic offerings / UCLA Today](<a href=“http://www.today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/temporary-funding-preserves-academic-154075.aspx]Temporary”>http://www.today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/temporary-funding-preserves-academic-154075.aspx)</p>
<p>[New</a> campuswide committee to guide cost-cutting efforts / UCLA Today](<a href=“http://www.today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/restructuring-steering-committee-153546.aspx]New”>http://www.today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/restructuring-steering-committee-153546.aspx)</p>
<p>[Chancellor</a> Block addresses scope of budget crisis, plans and priorities / UCLA Today](<a href=“http://www.today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/budget-block-letter-95129.aspx]Chancellor”>http://www.today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/budget-block-letter-95129.aspx)</p>
<p>Note that the second link is largely the same sort of programs that Cal has undertaken as well. What is so shocking about this? And really, all I did was Google a few things. </p>
<p>[Let</a> me google that for you](<a href=“http://lmgtfy.com/?q=ucla+budget+news]Let”>http://lmgtfy.com/?q=ucla+budget+news)</p>
<p>BayBoi, I might be more inclined to believe that you’re trying to be “fair” and provide “balance” if you were committing yourself to making UCSD sound like a rat hole, or talking about how Cal is in big trouble. At present, you sound like you have a chip on your shoulder about UCLA for some reason and want to bad mouth it just for the sake of being a gadfly. That’s not very helpful.</p>
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<p>No, I don’t think the protest of hate crimes at UCSD and UC Davis are particularly relevant to prospective UCLA students. Maybe you should read the articles before you post them.</p>